Wednesday, March 23 - Click on the link below. You will be shown articles based on your answer to the question (same question each time).

Read through the article and complete the handout. Be specific about your thoughts and be open minded.

Yes or No to GM Foods

First Step - Try your hand at traditional farming and genetic engineering. Follow the link below and try the interactives:

1. Selective breeding (traditional)
2. Transgenic manipulation (The GM way)
Engineer a Crop

Second Step - Check out What's for dinner to see what foods you might be eating. What's for Dinner?

General Links Risks

http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/science_and_impacts/impacts_genetic_engineering/risks-of-genetic-engineering.html

ProsCons

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-the-pros-and-cons-of-genetically-engineered-food.htm http://www.biotechinstitute.org/resources/pdf/yw10_1.pdf

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/harvest/viewpoints/benefits.html

Role Specific Links

Farmer

1. Does GM food save farmers time and money?

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/farmers-at-losing-end-of-ge-in
http://www.monsanto.com/biotech-gmo/asp/topic.asp?id=FarmersSpeakOutGlobally#mid

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2. Can GM crops reduce the amount of pesticides and water used?

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/03/16/the_new_organic/ http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/science_and_impacts/impacts_genetic_engineering/genetically-engineered-crops.html

Scientists (Biotech Engineers)

1. What are the benefits of genetically modified foods?

http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/gmfood.shtml
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090615093923.htm

2. What are the risks of genetically modified foods?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1147635/British-scientists-condemn-using-children-GM-food-trials-unacceptable.html

http://www.psrast.org/

Consumers

1. What are the health benefits of GM foods?

2. What are the health risks of GM foods?

Environmentalist

1.What are the potential benefits of GM foods to the environment?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4185335.stm
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-bioremediation.htm

2. What are the potential risks of GM foods to the environment?

Feed the World Charity Officers

1. Are GM foods the answer to fighting world hunger?

http://www.nationalacademies.org/webextra/crops/
http://www.21stcenturysciencetech.com/articles/biotech.html

2. What are the risks of developing GM foods for starving nations?

http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/science_and_impacts/impacts_genetic_engineering/biotechnology-and-the-world.html
http://www.scidev.net/en/health/the-challenge-of-improving-nutrition/features/can-gm-crops-feed-the-hungry-.html